Delicious Stuffed Green Peppers recipe that is smothered in cheese and stuffed with Quinoa and Kale inside. Enjoy this comforting healthy meal for dinner soon!
Quinoa Stuffed Peppers
I’m a stuffed peppers fanatic. I love them. It all started in the kitchen as a kid when my Mom made a mean dish filled with green peppers. I still love green peppers but I love making them a little more garden friendly so for this recipe I added quinoa and kale inside instead of the usual ground beef. Trust me, you are going to love these. They are everything a stuffed green pepper should be, including being smothered in tomato sauce and mozzarella cheese on top!
To make the recipe easy to follow, check out the video I made. Are you hungry yet for these Quinoa Kale Stuffed Peppers?
The mixture inside is quinoa cooked in chicken broth (so delicious – I could just eat this as is!), fresh kale and a cup of tomato sauce. Once everything is mixed then start filling each pepper.
Quinoa and me are recent best friends so I’m glad to give it time to shine in this dish. For this recipe I used Bob’s Red Mill Organic Whole Grain Quinoa. I love that this cooks in only 15 minutes and is pre-washed so no additional rinsing is needed. Quinoa is a whole grain superfood that is perfect for plant-based recipes.
And when the peppers come out of the oven you’ll be happy you made this dish for dinner!
Isn’t each pepper beautiful when you cut it open? It’s filled with quinoa and kale goodness!
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 4 large green peppers - seeds removed and tops cut off
- 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 cup dry quinoa
- 3 cups kale
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place 4 peppers in casserole dish, standing them upright.
- Bring 2 cups of broth to a boil in a pot with a tight-fitting lid. Add 1 cup quinoa and return to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to medium and simmer until liquid is absorbed, about 12 minutes. Remove from heat, fluff, cover, and let stand for about 15 minutes.
- Add cooked quinoa into large bowl. Add kale and 1 cup of tomato sauce to quinoa and mix.
- Fill each pepper with quinoa mixture. Pour remaining 1 cup tomato sauce evenly over the peppers.
- Cover peppers in casserole dish with aluminum foil. Bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove aluminum foil, sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top of peppers and bake for 10 more minutes.
- Enjoy.
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bob’s Red Mill.
Debra says
What a great healthy recipe idea. Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Funtastic Friday!
Carol says
Sounds delicious, pinned and shared.
Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says
Oh I just LOVE stuffed peppers! Whenever I see them it always makes me reminisce about growing up because they were one of my favorite things my mother made. Yours look just delicious! LOVE that you used quinoa and the kale in here is great! Gimme gimme! Cheers!
Manali@CookWithManali says
I really wish I had this for lunch today, looks so good and I am a huge pepper fan!!
All That I'm Eating says
These sound delicious; perfect for a midweek dinner.
marcie says
I haven’t made stuffed peppers in way too long, and I love that kale quinoa filling! These look so wholesome and delicious Pamela!
John/Kitchen Riffs says
Quinoa and kale is a fabulous combo! Haven’t tried them with stuffed peppers, but it’s a really good idea. Bet this tastes awesome! Thanks so much.
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
We love quinoa too. These stuffed peppers look mouthwatering!